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| Economic Insights 經濟透視 |GlobalGrowth全球增長Europe and the United States’ contributions to globalgrowth will decline as they learn to live within theirmeans, writes David O'Rear隨著歐美國家學懂量入為出 , 它們佔全球增長的比重將會下降歐大衛What does it take to grow the world economy? Certainlypeace and stability, an open trading system, and reasonablerules and regulations would be good place tostart. As this is an economics column more than a political one,let’s leave off the first two and examine the others.Since the original Bretton Woods Agreement, global commercehas by and large been governed by a set of rules regardingtrade, exchange rates, emergency bailouts and so forth.Some of the rules (such as trade) work better than others. Inthe case of government procurement liberalization, others areonly very slowly emerging.Japan, Europe and the U.S. comprise just under 60% of globalGDP, down from nearly 72% in 2000. However, they contributedbarely 27% of real growth in the past decade. Giventhe fiscal and political challenges on both sides of the Atlantic,and Japan’s rapidly aging population, there does not appear tobe much hope for an increase in contribution in the comingyears.The first graph shows the real percent change in GDP forkey economies. China’s GDP shot up 165% between 2000 and2010, while the big ASEAN economies’ added more than thefour Newly Industrialised Countries. The U.S., Europe andJapan plodded along at a modest pace, as befits satisfied consumersand established companies.But, consider the second chart, where the actual cash contributionis illustrated. Japan’s large economy grew slowly, butbecause of its size (and the rising yen) it added some US$67billion more to the global total during the decade than did theNICs.By this measure, Europe’s $5.8 trillion ante was the key reasonthe world kept moving forward. However, much of that isdue to exchange rate movements (the figures in the first chartwere constant, or inflation- and exchange-rate neutral; the secondchart is nominal).Now, look more closely at the U.S. and China bars. Thefirst shows an extension that nearly triples the $4.85 trillionthat the rise in U.S. GDP added to the world’s economy. That’sthe American trade deficit, and it added nearly $6.5 trillion toother countries’ growth.In the case of China, the $4.7 trillion figure is the rise inthe total economy, with the striped extension representing theportion that is due to an excess of exports over imports.For the global economy to continue growing at a reasonable,3-4% annual pace, the trade surplus economies will needto mature into more balanced structures. Equally important,Europe and the U.S. are going to have to learn to live withintheir means, which will translate into smaller contributions toglobal growth.Transformation takes time, and so it is unlikely that theemerging markets will fully replace the more developed andconsumer-oriented growth engines any time soon. That portendsslower growth around the globe, and we’re going to haveto get used to it.David O’Rear is the Chamber’s Chief Economist. He can be reached at david@chamber.org.hk歐大衛為香港總商會首席經濟師 , 電郵 :david@chamber.org.hk。22 January 2012 The Bulletin 工商月刊
© Dreamstime.comChewing the FatThe Year of the Water DragonTwo thousand twelve ushers in the Year of the Dragon,this one floating on the water element. While dragonsare lucky, powerful and confident, they can be volatile aswell. Water adds a calming element, permitting reflectionand re-evaluation. Fitting, then, that we will have a newChief Executive and Legislative Council taking officeduring the year.Dragon years have seen some monumental events,including the USSR’s perestroika economic reform,(1988), the founding of Apple Computer Company(1976) and McDonald’s (1940), Mickey Mouse’s first film(1928), work on the Panama Canal began as did themodern Olympic Games (both in 1904).The last Water Dragon, 1952, was a good year forQueen Elizabeth, albeit not for her father. General DwightD. Eisenhower got a promotion (to president), Husseinbin Talal took the Jordanian throne, Canada broadcast itsfirst television programmes and the iconic B-52Stratofortress flew for the first time (and, more than 80 ofthem are still in service).Water Dragons have been good years for starting newenterprises including General Electric Company, Trans-Siberian Railway (both in 1892) and Trinity College (1592).Significant publications include Machiavelli’s The Prince(1532) and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures ofSherlock Holmes (1892).Sweden added February 30th to its 1712 calendar aspart of a decades longprocess of bringing thecountry into synchwith the Gregorianone. Attila the Huninvaded Italy (452AD),and the Y2K Bugdidn’t happen.Kung Hei Fat Choy!© Macrocozm | Dreamstime.comThe Bulletin 工商月刊 January 2012 23
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